National Science Foundation Status of the Solar-Terrestrial Research Program & SHINE Tom Bogdan (Presented by Paul Bellaire)

National Science Foundation Funding and the NSF Solar Physics Funding Sources

National Science Foundation Upper Atmosphere Budgets “Parity” Ahead?

National Science Foundation 2003 % increases Aeronomy: +4.8% Magnetospheric Physics: +10.2% Solar-Terrestrial Physics: +10.4% –Extra increase to help initial SHINE funding Upper Atmosphere Facilities: +19.9% –Extra increase for AMISR (…finally…!) Average increase in ATM (non-facilities): 9.2%

National Science Foundation Solar-Terrestrial Budget Detail FY2003 up 10.4% from FY2002 $190K from UARS reserve $1.48M from MRI (maybe…) $150K from AFOSR/ONR $200K from DoE

National Science Foundation Proposal Pressure Gradient

National Science Foundation Current status of NSF budget for 2004 Administration request: –Overall increase: +2% –Increase for core programs <1% Congress Authorization –Overall increase: +15% –Increase in core programs <15% Congressional Appropriation? Still TBD

National Science Foundation Special Programs National Space Weather Program –New solicitation for 2004 unlikely –Next solicitation in 2005 Special Initiatives –Information Technology Research (ITR) –Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences Requires participation of mathematician Subject must include multi-scale processes and coupling –BioComplexity –Nanotechnology Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) CAREER SHINE

National Science Foundation SHINE 2003 Competition 31 proposals submitted (up from 15 in FY2002) –2 returned w/o review & 1 withdrawn –2 for SHINE postdoc competition BOTH FUNDED!! –1 collaborative 10 proposals have been recommended for funding (38% success rate – down from over 46% last year). Total FY2003 funding: $867K (up from $448K in FY2002…net program currently at $1.3M/yr) FY2004 competition unlikely

National Science Foundation National Space Weather Program $200 K from AFOSR and $100 K from ONR Total funds available: ~$1.6 M Proposal Deadline was Jan 16 –Total number of proposals: AER, 2 AER/MAG, 16 MAG, 16 STR 4 STR proposals will be recommended for funding –~25% success rate (down from 60% in FY02) –Total first year funding (STR): $300K (down from $659K in FY02)

National Science Foundation Reviewers The return rate of reviews solicited for STR proposals is (by far!) the lowest in ATM (~50%), and probably in GEO as well. My goal was one request for 12 month period per reviewer. Shameful performance!

National Science Foundation Faculty Development in the Space Sciences Lanzerotti Report calls for “bridged positions” ATM Advisory Panel Convened in November 2002 [D. Baker, C. Cattell, A. Charo, R. Cicerone, L. Fisk, R. Heelis, M. Hudson, L. Lanzerotti, J. Leibacher, M. Mendillo] Draft “Announcement of Opportunity” forwarded by ATM Director Jarvis Moyers to GEO Assistant Director Margaret Leinen for review and comment AST Director Wayne Van Citters calls for white paper on decline in faculty positions in solar physics [see S. Keil & M. Giampapa for details/input] Next steps to be determined Stay tuned for breaking news…

National Science Foundation Summary Budget was up more than the UARS average Number of proposals was way up Success rate was way down I am cautiously optimistic that the next few years will be good ones UARS & ATM are open to the “parity” argument STR Program Director Applications due 18 July So long, its been fun… …and don’t even think about sending me any proposals to review!